Harbaugh matriarch a 'rock' of a football mom

9:29 PM,
Jan. 31, 2013

Jackie Harbaugh smiles as her husband Jack, a Crestline native, talks to their boys, John and Jim, before the 2011 Thanksgiving Day 'Har Bowl' between John's Baltimore Ravens and Jim's San Francisco 49ers. The Ravens won 16-6, but Jim will be looking to avenge that loss when they square off in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday in New Orleans.

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Jon Spencer
Telelgraph-Forum

She planned her nuptials around the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry, honeymooned in the stands at a Cleveland Browns game and essentially saw her 50th wedding anniversary take a backseat to another milestone event in an NFL stadium.

Her entire adult life has revolved around family and football, her football-fueled family.

So Jackie Harbaugh shouldn't be the least surprised that it has come to this - her sons, John and Jim, making NFL history Sunday in New Orleans as the first brothers to square off as head coaches in the Super Bowl. ...